Awesome Asians: Cassandra Lin Turned Waste Restaurant Grease into Biodiesel to Heat the Homes of the Needy
From CNN Heroes, caught this pretty awesome little segment on Cassandra Lin, the teenaged founder of Project TGIF (Turn Grease…
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Aloha, Senator Daniel Inouye
Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI), the popular Asian American senator who was the current most senior Senator in the Senate, as…
Sammy Lee, the first Asian-American Olympic Gold Medalist, turned 92 earlier this year
Check out this awesome interview with Sammy Lee, the first Asian-American Olympic Gold medalist. Lee, a Korean-American, stands just 5’2″…
Representative-Elect Tulsi Gabbard, first Hindu American Congressperson, will be sworn in over Bhagavad Gita
On the historic Election Night of 2012, Hawaii elected Tulsi Gabbard to represent Hawaii’s second Congressional district, making Gabbard the…
Daniel Dae Kim Hosts GOTV Contest; Is the Coolest Celebrity on the Planet
If ever you needed proof that Daniel Dae Kim, of Lost and Hawaii 5-0 fame, is the coolest celebrity on the…
Why be one of the #170in7?
Cross-posted from JookTime (go here for more information about 2 year old Jeremy Kong’s search for a perfect bone marrow donor…
#170in7: Only 24 hours in and already nearly 10% of our donor goal reached!
The #170in7 bone marrow cyberdrive in memory of Janet Liang has only been live for a little over 24 hours,…
Be one of the 170 in 7 today! a bone marrow cyberdrive in memory of Janet Liang
Janet Liang, a vibrant 25 year old UCLA graduate and a leukemia patient who spent years championing leukemia awareness…
RIP Janet Liang
Just found out that Janet Liang, the brave young woman whose battle with leukemia inspired my own registration in the…
Chubby Kid Enters in Taiwanese Body-Building Contest (and Wins “Most Spirited”)
This kid is either an “Awesome Asian” or an “Asian Behaving Badly” for meeting a dare headlong and participating in…
Janet Liang is in Remission
Janet Liang, whose battle against leukemia I profiled earlier this month, just posted this update: Dear co-survivors: Happy news abound.…
Be the Match and Save a Life
I’ve been following Janet Liang’s fight against leukemia for nearly a year. Janet is an incredibly brave, and heartbreakingly young,…